It's Tuesday September 20, 2016. September, 2015, I fell down the stairs in my house and I have had migraines nearly everyday since then. I have had all sorts of treatments. Muscle relaxants, medicines that are supposed to stop migraines before they start, antidepressants and, of course, narcotics.
Some of these have little effect, some take the edge off for a while, most do nothing at all. Some are addicting and my husband puts them away and only gives them when I ask.
Before I got sick, I was walking my dog three miles a day. Now I can't lean over to mop the kitchen floor because I will trigger another migraine.
Migraines are not bad headaches. They can rarely be treated with over the counter medication. I hear someone say that they woke up with a migraine, but they had to get something done at work, so they went anyway. I comment on this to my therapist and she says, "They don't have a true migraine. Migraines are debilitating." I'm not suggesting people in that situation don't have very painful headaches.
I have tried chiropractic, physical therapy and Botox.
I went to a doctor who injected numbing agent into my neck and the pain in my neck as well as the migraines temporarily stopped. He did this twice to confirm he was in the correct space.
This Friday, he will go in with a needle which he will heat up until he puts the nerves out of order. If all goes well, the year of debilitating migraines will be a thing of the past. Now I just have to get my strength back. That's what this blog is about. getting my life back.
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